Protect Your Skin

against Sunburn

Looking after your skin is a top priority throughout the year and any season.  Using simple tips to protect your skin both inside and outside of your body:

Prior to heading out into the summer sun:

• Keep Hydrated – Drinking water throughout the day – one to two liters is the perfect blend. In hot weather more water is always better.
• Keep your eating light – Don’t eat heavy foods, instead keep your tummy happy with light sun friendly foods like – salads, fruit and vegetables. 

Keeping it cool once you’re Outside:

• Don’t take chances – burnt skin is your enemy. During the summer avoid damaged skin and sun burns by getting into the habit of applying a high SPF sunscreen regularly.  
• Apply and Reapply sunscreen before and after swimming. Even waterproof SPF’s need reapplication, don’t be fooled.
• When the sun is at its hottest, between 11am and 3pm you’ll want to take extra care and stay inside or within the shade to avoid the strongest sun of the day.
• You can still look like a fashionesta when protecting yourself from the harmful rays of sun.  Wear a floppy hat to keep the heath off your head can also keep those skin damaging harmful rays off your healthy skin.
• If you choose to get your tan on out in the sun, make sure you finish off the day with a liberal application of after sun cream – or even skin soothing aloe vera.  
• Cleanse, tone and moisturize your skin both morning and night to keep it in peak condition.

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Eat This Not That!  - Don’t let winter make you FAT!

Ok biggest loser fans the Holidays are hear and so is the COLD weather.  Following the words of Biggest Loser fitness trainer BOB,” Don’t let the winter weather make you fat.” Eat This, Not That!  This and make good choices when deciding what to eat.

Just today I found myself reaching for a big bowl of Cheese Broccoli soup. Sounds good doesn’t it?  It was great at the moment but needless to say not the best choice for healthy alternatives at lunch. At that moment I realized I started to fall into my normal winter habits, warm foods full of FAT….

Did you know the average serving of Cheese Broccoli soup contains 140 calories with 64% of those calories from FAT, that’s right in addition that little ½ cup serving was loaded with 10 grams of FAT.

If you’re like most Americans, on Thanks giving alone you will consume around 4,500 calories in one day.  This is more then double the average Americans daily calorie intake.   What makes that worse is that during the winter months and especially around the Holidays you will eat an average of 600 more calories per day then you do during other times of year.  Simply stated before you know it you could pack on an additional 6 – 10 pounds by January. That is if you aren’t aware of what you are eating.

I’ll skip the rest of the diet lecture and instead gave you this quick trendy tip pick up a copy of, Eat This, Not That! Simply stated it helps you find healthier alternatives to some of the old staples you might be thinking of putting in your mouth this time of year.

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6 Quick Tips To BURN FAT while you eat!!

POWER of Protein – Immediately everyone thinks STEAK right?  Not so fast – protein is a KEY to your fat burning success but there are so many great ways to get your Protein and that don’t have to come from a cow. Eat FISH!! Chances are you aren’t eating enough of this great source of lean protein. Not only is it a great source of Protein it also has additional benefits like Omega-3 fatty acids.  That’s right these are the fatty acids you are constantly hearing about that have great health benefits.  Don’t forget about Beans and Nuts also a wonderful source of protein and these ingredients can act as a great complement to any salad or veggie blend. Let’s also not forget about all the great veggie patties and soy meats that have made getting protein for non meat eaters easy and tasty.

HEALTHY WHOLE GRAINS – Did you know that Whole Grains can do wonders for stubborn flabby areas around your midsection?  Bye Bye Belly – Hello Lean and Sexy adding Whole Grains can be easy if you follow some of the healthy instructions in The Hungry Girl Cook Book.   One of the easiest ways to get your Whole Grains is a quick and easy bowl of Oatmeal in the morning.  I favor the Kashi GoLean’s Hot Cereal packs in 7 whole grains and a big 5 – 7g fiber! Can you say Nummy.

GRAPEFRUIT - If you’re like me, come mid day the sweet tooth starts to lurk around every corner begging you for something sweet.  Don’t give into the sweet tooth monster, give it a kick with a healthy but tasty Grapefruit.  Full of Vitamin C and powerful antioxidants and it definitely helps to know that it has been shown in studies to help Burn Fat. The theory is that grapefruit helps to lower insulin levels, which keeps you from being hungry all the time! I’m not suggesting a Grapefruit diet but those Ruby Reds are MIGHTY delicious and Perfect for a Sweet tooth Snack Attack! If it’s too sour for you straight, sprinkle it with some no-calorie sweetener like Splenda

P.S. my Hungry Girl Secret is the easy Dannon Fruit Naturals – Red Grapefruit (you can find them in most grocery store refrigerated sections)

GO GO GREEN TEA - Poppy had Spinach – This Hungry Girl has Green tea.  That’s right you here about it EVERYWHERE as the “super food”. Weather its articles about how it has reduced rates of heart disease and cancer or helps with hair loss you can’t help but wonder what the rage is about.  Green tea has been shown to increase metabolism, which is key in our battle with weight loss. I have to admit it isn’t at the top of my must have list but the Hungry Girl secret is Green Tea Crème Swappuccino! Delicious and only 75 calories.

FOODS – With a KICK - I swear with the pregnancy of my second child I became a Spicy Food Fanatic and who knew it was good for me.  I don’t know why but once I had her I couldn’t get enough of the HOT stuff.  Tabasco Sauce, Jalapeno’s anything to add a KICK to my food and I was on board.  Well come to find out that little kick of spice in your food helps to increase your heart rate and a temporary increase in your metabolism, burning fat a little easier even if just for a moment.  A quick hit with cayenne, red pepper flakes, or whatever hot sauce you fancy should do the trick and get your blood pumping. And these spices are practically calorie-free. OH YEAH!!!  

WATER – Drinking your 8 glasses of water a day is key to your Hungry Girl success. Don’t like the taste of water?  With the variety of great flavored waters or sugar free additives on the market, finding a flavor to flatter your taste buds should be easy.  Still not convinced that drinking water is good for you? Keep reading and learn more about the benefits of drinking water:  Water  contains no calories (check Nutritional Info on the flavored bottled water or additives may contain low calorie counts)  Drinking water helps hydrate skin, water is important in maintaining the health of your skin it can assist in a more youthful appearance and improves your skins elasticity. Don’t forget the best benefit of all; drinking water can help boost your energy levels.

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So my simple story starts with a cup of coffee, well OK about 5 cups a day but it wasn’t killing me, right???? No, but it was.  It was making a big impact on the amount of water I was drinking in a day and that was killing my desire to drink the right amount of water in the day.  

If you thought that drinking water wasn’t an intrigue part of your weight loss, think again. I always knew how important diet and exercise were to my weight loss, but never thought about the importance of hydration? So when I started to do some research on the best ways to improve weight loss I was amazed at how much damage I was doing by drinking my daily fix of caffeine.   

In fact did you know that if you drink coffee or other heavily caffeinated drinks such as Coke or Pepsi you should add an extra glass of water for every glass you have. Needless to say I was doing the opposite of what I needed to do to improve my weight loss and something needed to change.  The average person needs to drink about 64oz of water a day to sustain healthy hydration levels.  Even more important you need to keep things like hotter times of year, exercise and other activities may also increase your need for additional water intake.  Additional perspiration produced from these activities helps keep your body temperature constant and you need to replace the water you have used 

When it comes to Hydration and weight loss you have to keep it basic the more you move the more water your body craves to keep hydrated. Beware, we’ve all heard the scary stories of death by an over intake of water. Water intoxications otherwise known as hyper hydration or water poisoning is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by over-consumption of water.^[1] Normal, healthy (both physically and nutritionally) individuals have little to worry about accidentally consuming too much water. Nearly all deaths related to water intoxication in normal individuals have resulted either from water drinking contests, in which individuals attempt to consume more than 10 liters (3 gallons) of water over the course of just a few minutes, or long bouts of intensive exercise during which electrolytes are not properly replenished, yet massive amounts of fluid are still consumed.  Symptoms of too much water are: dizziness, nausea, apathy, vomiting, and confusion many of the same symptoms will occur as dehydration so you need to be aware of how much you are actually drinking. 

• Be creative, you don’t need to get your daily water intake from drinking actual water.  Your body water intake can come from other dietary intake like fruits and vegetables. I have found an easy way to keep an eye on my water consumption is to carry a water bottle.  I try to spread out my water intake throughout the day and always drink an 8 ounce serving about 30 minutes before any meal. Not only does it help to hit my daily water serving quota but it also helps me to reduce my hunger before sitting down.  Sounds weird but it has been the perfect answer for me to help with over eating at meal times.  Listening to your body is always the answer – it’ll let you know when you’ve had to much or haven’t had enough. 
• Don’t like the taste of water?  With the variety of great flavored waters or sugar free additives on the market, finding a flavor to flatter your taste buds should be easy. 

Still not convinced that drinking water is good for you? Keep reading and learn more about the benefits of drinking water: Water  contains no calories (check Nutritional Info on the flavored bottled water or additives may contain low calorie counts)  Drinking water helps hydrate skin, water is important in maintaining the health of your skin it can assist in a more youthful appearance and improves your skins elasticity. Don’t forget the best benefit of all; drinking water can help boost your energy levels.  

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